Kaplan SAT #3
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- atrophy
- to waste away, to wither from disuse, degeneration
- augury
- prophecy, prediction of events
- invective
- verbal abuse
- dulcet
- pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear
- bequeath
- to give or leave through a will, to hand down
- choleric
- easily angered, short-tempered
- gambol
- to dance or skip around playfully
- mettle
- courageousness, endurance
- sectarian
- narrow-minded, relating to a group or sect
- quotidian
- occurring daily, commonplace
- ruminate
- to contemplate, reflect upon
- paucity
- scarcity, lack
- corporeal
- tangible, material
- scurrilous
- vulgar, low, indecent
- retinue
- group of attendants w/ an important person
- endemic
- belonging to a particular area, indigenous
- desultory
- at random, rambling; unmethodical
- evince
- to show clearly, signify
- epiphany
- a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality
- flaccid
- limp, weak
- collusion
- collaboration, complicity, conspiracy
- panoply
- large variety, impressive array
- perdition
- complete and utter loss, damnation, abyss
- whet
- to sharpen, to stimulate
- corroborate
- to confirm, verify
- effulgent
- brilliantly shining
- bastion
- fortification, stronghold; haven, asylum
- limpid
- clear, transparent, lucid
- lugubrious
- sorrowful, mournful
- privation
- lack of usual necessities or comforts; deprivation; poverty
- ennui
- boredom
- depravity
- sinfulness, moral corruption
- ethereal
- not earthly, spiritual
- parochial
- of limited scope or outlook, provincial
- heyday
- stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success
- pulchritude
- beauty
- effigy
- stuffed doll, likeness of a person
- revelry
- boisterous festivity
- cupidity
- greed, avarice
- bilk
- to cheat , defraud, dupe
- proselytize
- to convert to a particular belief or religion
- fatuous
- stupid, foolish, absurd, ludicrous
- ostensible
- apparent, supposed
- apocryphal
- not genuine, fictional
- expurgate
- to censor
- divine
- to foretell or know by inspiration
- parley
- discussion, usually between enemies
- chagrin
- shame, embarrassment, humiliation
- iota
- scintilla, mote
- cursory
- hastily done, superficial
- solipsism
- belief that oneself is the only reality; egoistic
- approbation
- praise, official approval
- amalgamate
- to mix, combine, merge
- cadence
- rhythmic flow of poetry; marching beat
- trenchant
- acute, sharp, incisive
- foible
- minor weakness or character flaw
- chicanery
- trickery, fraud, deception
- desiccate
- to dry completely, dehydrate
- vapid
- dull, tasteless
- disseminate
- to spread far and wide
- fecund
- fertile, fruitful, productive
- simper
- to smirk, to smile foolishly
- exhort
- to convince; to urge or incite by strong appeals
- consonant
- consistent with, agrees with
- ensconce
- to settle comfortably into a place
- probity
- honesty, high-mindedness, rectitude
- scintillate
- to sparkle, flash
- vicissitude
- change or variation, ups and downs, inconsistency
- founder
- to sink, to fall helplessly
- lachrymose
- tearful
- palaver
- idle talk, chit-chat
- apotheosis
- glorification, glorified ideal
- compunction
- feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret
- profligate
- corrupt, shamelessly immoral, degenerate
- cosset
- to pamper, spoil
- execrable
- utterly detestable, abhorrent
- expiate
- to atone, to make amends
- droll
- amusing in a wry, subtle way
- ethos
- belief or character of a group
- pittance
- meager amount or wage
- noisome
- stinking, putrid
- deciduous
- ephemeral, temporary; losing leaves in the fall
- continence
- self-control
- onerous
- burdensome
- scintilla
- a trace/very small amount, spark, speck
- pastiche
- spoof, piece of literature or music imitating other works
- sentient
- aware, conscious
- demur
- to express doubts or objections
- effrontery
- impudent boldness; audacity
- diaphanous
- allowing light to show through; delicate
- amortize
- to diminsh by installment payments
- deluge
- to submerge, overwhelm, flood
- vitriolic
- burning, caustic
- corpulence
- obesity, fatness
- sinuous
- winding, intricate, complex
- pontificate
- to speak in a pretentious mannar
- peccadillo
- minor sin or offense
- protean
- readily assuming differnt forms or characters, versatile
- fetter
- to bind, chain, confine, handcuff
- construe
- to interpret or explain
- epicure
- a person w/ refined taste in cuisine
- palliate
- to make less serious, assuage, mitigate
- ribald
- humorous in a vulgar way
- umbrage
- offense, resentment
- dyspeptic
- gloomy and irritable, suffering from indigestion